Around 12 PM Tony texted Pepper "Wear something nice ;)" it said. Pepper smiled as she read it, she set her phone on her bed and looked through her closet until she found the perfect outfit. After some deep digging she found a dress and smiled at it. "Perfect" she said. At 5:52 she was ready, she wore a black dress that reached down almost touching the floor but not quite the sides were cut so it revealed her legs and thick straps wrapped around her arms instead of her shoulders.
She wore white heels and pearl earrings with two good pieces of hair from the front of her head clipped back and a white clutch. Shortly there was a knock at the door, Pepper walked over and opened to see a handsome Tony wearing a black suit and a blue silky tie."Hey!" she said smiling at him. Tony looked at her like if he just discovered a new species. "Uh h-hey y-you look-"Pepper stopped him. "You look great too" she said after she kissed his cheek. Tony took her hand and led her to his car. "After you" he said opening the door. "Thank you" she said.
He closed the door and walked over to the driver's side. He drove all the way to a very fancy restaurant and parked. Pepper had her arm around Tony's as they walked in and went up an elevator. "Wow this is beautiful Tony" she said as they walked to a desk. "Isn't it?" he said. "Hello, do you have reservations?" asked the man at the desk. "Yeah it's under Tony Stark party of two" Tony said. "Right this way Mr. Stark" he said grabbing the menus and leading the way to the table.
He put them by the big glass window that seems to cover the whole walls and had a view of the city. "Could you really afford all this?" she asked. "Don't worry about it" he said pushing in her chair for her. He sat down too and they looked through the menu. Pepper tried to look for the least expensive dish because she didn't want to put too much on his bill. "Pepper it's alright I'm taking care of this have whatever you want" he said looking up from his menu knowing what she was doing. "You can always ask me for help you know" she said. "Thanks but I got it" he said smiling at her.
"Hello how are we doing this evening my name is Elizabeth but call me Eli now how about we start off with drinks?" she said. "Water please" Pepper said. "Make that two" Tony said. "Alrighty two waters and now are we ready to order or do we need more time?" she asked. Pepper shook her head at Tony as he looked at her. "No we're ready" he said. "Alright so what will the miss have?" the waiter asked. "Umm the chicken Milanese" Pepper said. "Okay and how about you Sir?" she asked while writing. "Filetto Di Manzo Toscano" he said. "Would you like potatoes or steamed vegetables with that?" asked the waiter. "Potatoes" he said.
The waiter took the menus. "Alright that should be hmm at least twenty minutes since we don't have a full house which is awesome for me!" she said laughing. "Alright I'll be back soon" she said walking away. Pepper looked out the window. "It's beautiful" she said. "Yeah it's alright" Tony said. "Are you kidding its amazing!" she said. "I have a pretty good view of something better" he said looking at her. "Aww Tony" she said smiling at him and giggling. The food came and they ate soon after the bill came and Tony looked at it. "Not bad" he said. He reached for his pocket and then the unthinkable happened, his eyes widened. "Uh would you excuse me I have to go use the men's room" he said getting up. "Alright" she said.
Tony speed walked to the bathroom and whipped out his phone and speed dialed Rhodey. "Pick up come on Rhodes" he said. "Hello?" said Rhodey. "Oh thank god Rhodey I need your help like I'll love you forever if you do this" Tony said. "What's up?" he asked. "I forgot my wallet at home and I'm on a date with Pepper at a really high class restaurant" he said with his face getting hot. "Oh man I'll be over at your house as fast as I can" Rhodey said. "Rhodey you're a life saver!" Tony said. "Spare key is under the rock" he said. "Alright dude I'll be there in no time" Rhodey said as he fled out the door to Tonys. Five minutes pasted and Tony was pacing back and forth.
"Come on Rhodes" he said. Tony peeked out the door and saw Pepper on her phone. "Good she's not suspecting anything" he said. Half an hour pasted and Tony was dying inside then his phone rang. "Rhodey please tell me you're here" he said. "Yeah I'm here in the restaurant" Rhodey said. "No dude she'll see you!" he said. Rhodey walked to the bathroom but was stopped by Pepper as she waved her hand to him. "Rhodey!" she said. "Crap I gotta go Pepper's calling me over" Rhodey said. "RHODEY DO NOT-"Tony said before Rhodey cut him off by hanging up.
"What are you doing in a place like this?" Pepper asked. "Oh um I just came to get my food yup that fits the ticket!" he said. "At a fancy restaurant?" Pepper asked. "Yup uh order here all the time" he said. "Okay…" she said. "Oh um I gotta go use the bathroom real quick be back!" he said running to the bathroom. Rhodey blasted through the door. "Here man" he said panting. "Rhodey if you were a girl id kiss you" Tony said. "Don't go homo on me bro just go!" he said pushing him. Tony walked back to the table. "Hey I'm back sorry there was uh….uh a line" he said. "You know what's funny I just talked to Rhodey right now" she said.
"Oh um you did? That's odd what's he doing here?" Tony said chuckling and scratching his head. "I don't know…." She said. "I thought maybe you saw him in the-" Tony cut her off. "Uhh ma'am heres the check" he said putting in his debit card. The waiter took it and walked to the machine. "So um l-love did you enjoy yourself?" he asked. "I did thank you it was awesome" she said. "I'm glad" he said. "Here you go thanks and have a great evening!" said the waiter. Rhodey snuck out the restaurant.
Tony calculated the tip and wrote his signature on it and they left. He parked his car at his house and walked Pepper over to hers. "I had a lot of fun" she said. Tony kissed her forehead. "I had fun too" he said. "Wanna come in for a little bit?" she asked. "Sure" he said. They walked into the house and Pepper went into her room. "Tony come here I have something for you!" she said. Tony walked to her room and saw her holding something behind her back. "What is it?" he asked. She walked to him and cupped his hands slipping something hard into it. He opened his hand and saw a box and opened it. He found an Armani watch that had chronograph black silicone wrapped in stainless steel.
"Pepper this is awesome, thank you" he said putting the box down on her desk and hugging her. "Your welcome" she said hugging him. Tony broke apart from her a little bit to kiss her, they moved to her bed with Pepper on top of him making out. She stopped tell him something. "You know…my dad's working all night" she said circling her finger around his chest. "I hope it won't be like that night where your dad actually came home early" he said. "He's on a big case he can't miss trust me" she said. "Well alright then" he said. They continued to kiss as Pepper intertwined her fingers with his.
Around two in the morning Tony left to his house and slept good the rest of the night. Suddenly around eight o' clock he woke up to a rumble…..a big rumble the floor was shaking. "Earthquake!" Tony yelled. The earthquake was bad everything was out of place, things fell some broke everything in that house turned into a mess and the quake lasted for three minutes. As soon as it stopped Tony ran through the broken, trashed house and out the door to see Pepper's house in shambles, the roof collapsed over the house. "PEPPER!" he yelled as he ran to the house and started moving things around. It took him an hour to find her when he found an arm sticking out.
He dug her out and saw cuts all over her body, her legs and arms and face were cut up. "Please be okay" he said. He checked for pulse but there was none, he checked every part of her body where there might be pulse but it didn't work. "Why did it have to be you" he said crying. Pepper opened her eyes half way. "Pepper?!" he said. "Tony…." She said weakly. "I'm here" he said holding her hand. "I love you…." She said before her head turned a different direction. "PEPPER!" Tony yelled to the top of his lungs hugging her.
(Alright alright before you come at me with pitch forks and torches read the next chapter o .oll also I bet you thought those dish names were a bit weird I didn't make those up I got those dishes from this place called Brio XD they got awesome steak) (Review Review I love Reviews!)